I arrived at Sax-Zim Bog around 5am this morning to show a visiting birdwatcher around the area. The birding trip was so much fun! Our day started off by walking through the peat trails which meander through the tamarack & black spruce bog areas. Upon setting foot in the peat trails around civil twilight, the full spectrum of songbird vocalizations began! Three Connecticut Warblers and four Mourning Warblers were observed today. We had an impressive spectrum of warblers all-round, as well as flycatchers, a fly-by American Bittern (plus other bittern as the day progressed), and much more. It was neat to see a thick layer of frost in the early morning hours.
The eBird list below is of today's sightings while birding in Sax-Zim Bog. Below the eBird list are a few of my favorite photos from the day. Canada Goose 2 Redhead 1 Ring-necked Duck 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 call was heard Ruffed Grouse 2 both observations were auditory, from grouse drumming Common Loon 1 American Bittern 3 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Bald Eagle 1 Northern Harrier 2 Both sightings were adult males Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 2 American Kestrel 1 Sandhill Crane 1 Killdeer 1 Wilson's Snipe 2 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Alder Flycatcher 8 Least Flycatcher 5 Eastern Phoebe 2 Eastern Kingbird 1 Blue-headed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Gray Jay 2 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 10 Common Raven 14 Tree Swallow 6 Barn Swallow 4 Cliff Swallow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 3 Sedge Wren 6 Marsh Wren 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Eastern Bluebird 2 One pair was observed Veery 2 Hermit Thrush 8 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 2 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 4 Ovenbird 4 Northern Waterthrush 2 Golden-winged Warbler 3 Black-and-white Warbler 5 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 16 Connecticut Warbler 3 Mourning Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 15 American Redstart 2 Cape May Warbler 1 Northern Parula 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Canada Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 4 Clay-colored Sparrow 6 Savannah Sparrow 8 Song Sparrow 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 5 Swamp Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 20 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Bobolink 7 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Brewer's Blackbird 3 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Purple Finch 3 American Goldfinch 5 House Sparrow 1 Chipping Sparrow http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/143480402 Lincoln's Sparrow http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/143480401 Mourning Warbler http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/143480413 Northern Flicker http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/143480417 Sunrise http://www.pbase.com/birdfedr/image/143480428 Good birding, Erik Bruhnke Duluth, MN -- *NATURALLY AVIAN* - Guided Birdwatching Trips and Bird photography www.pbase.com/birdfedr www.naturallyavian.blogspot.com [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
